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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.220
মহাপ্রভুর ভক্তগণের বৈরাগ্য প্রধান ।
যাহা দেখি’ প্রীত হন গৌর-ভগবান্ ॥ ২২০ ॥
mahāprabhura bhakta-gaṇera vairāgya pradhāna
yāhā dekhi’ prīta hana gaura-bhagavān
Renunciation is the basic principle sustaining the lives of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees. Seeing this renunciation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is extremely satisfied.
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Renunciation sustains the lives of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees. Careful study of their behavior reveals their freedom from attachment to material enjoyment.
They give up sense enjoyment to engage fully in Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s service, dedicating their lives and souls without material desires. Such devotional service is unimpeded by material circumstances.
Although ordinary people may find this attitude difficult to understand, it greatly pleases Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Quoted in the purport ofSB 11.21.18
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 6.220) it is stated: “Renunciation is the basic principle sustaining the lives of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees.
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Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What material desire tends to distract you from serving Kṛṣṇa?
Set aside one optional sense pleasure today and use that time for serving Kṛṣṇa.
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